diff --git a/socketio/transports.py b/socketio/transports.py
index d4b7ab2..1849464 100644
--- a/socketio/transports.py
+++ b/socketio/transports.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import gevent
 import urllib
 import urlparse
-from geventwebsocket import WebSocketError
+try:
+    from geventwebsocket import WebSocketError
+except ImportError:
+    from geventwebsocket.exceptions import WebSocketError
 from gevent.queue import Empty